tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 44

LONG TERM CARE: LTC Surveyors Seeking Systemic Sorts Of Problems

Several noncompliance findings may make surveyors suspicious.Heads up, nursing homes: State surveyors could cite separate deficiencies for past noncompliance during complaince investigations.State surveyors should use a variety of methods to identify and confirm a nursing home's past noncompliance--similar to verifying a facility's correction of current noncompliance during a revisit. That was the opinion the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put forth in an Oct. 20 letter to state survey agency directors. But surveyors should make current compliance determinations with regulations before considering past noncompliance citations, the agency says.Effective for surveys with an exit date on...

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